The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-12

The wounded, Supt Parsons explained, had
been taken there as early as possible, and
the passengers who We're unhurt, to the
number of %, had been forwarded to their
destination without delay.
STRANGE SILENCE.
KoUT, IND, Oct. II, II p. M-All efforts
to obtain information from Huntington as
to the names of the killed and wounded
have up to this hour been unavailing. The
Chicago and Atlantic railway officials who
went there with the Coroner to-day seem
to have complete possession of all sources Of
information on this point and they refuse
positively to make public the names of the
victims of the disaster. The killed and
wounded were taken from the scene of the
wreck to Huntington early this afternoon.
accompanied by the Coroner.
NO JURY IMPANELLED.
1t appears that Coroner Leatherman did
not..impanel jury. That procedure is not
Il necessity according to the laws of Indiana.
At the wreck the Coroner was met by the
attorney for the Chicago and Atlantic road,
and being told that the engineer of the
freight train had been taken with the other
survivors to Huntington and'he decided to
go there, which he did, in company with
the railroad lawyer and several other
gentlemen. The Coroner is well-spoken of
among the people at Kout They did not
cliticise his action in going to Huntington,
believing that he is square. The Coroner
is described as being rather young man to
be charged with such an important duty as
determining the responsibility of the
wreck.
CLAIMS OF THE ROAD.
CHICAGO, Oct. II, 80 p. M.-TheDdiIy
Netos' special from Kout, Ind, says:
Twenty passengers are known to have
escaped, only two or three of whom were
injured. When daylight came the remains
OF ten people were found, and this the rail-
road officials claim, is the extent of the
fatalities. No one knows how many pas
sengers were on the Inflated train. Super
intendent Parsons claims that the number
was very small. but survivors claim that
there were fully fifty passengers in the two
coaches How many occupied the sleeper is
unknown. The dead, so far as known, are:
DR.. WILLIAM PERRY, of North Judson,
Ind.
MRS. WILLIAM PERRY.
GRACE FERRY, aged 10.
CHARLES MILLER, aged 80.
Mr.. LENA MILLER, aged 4S,
MINNIE MILLER, aged Z.
FRED MILLER, aged 20.
WILLIAM MILLER. aged II.
Two unknown persons complete the list
| of dead as certainly established.
ONLY TWO OF THE INJURED KNOWN.
1t is impossible to obtain list of the
wounded on the train, as only two are left
behind They are:
HERMAN MILLER, aged IA, skull fractured
ana right leg shattered; recovery impossi-
BILE
JOSEPH MCCooL, aged "a, of Boston, in
| iured about the back and limbs.
The other survivors were taken in charge
by representatives of the railroad company
who brought them to Kout where they
were attended by DR.. Mckee. None of
them were injured beyond bruises about the
head and body, but all told of theil
thrilling escape from the awful tOrtures
| of cremation by the loss oi
hair, scorched clothing and blistered faces
and hands They were sent ON their jour
nev at 9 o'clock in the morning in charge
of the conductor and engineer of the burned
! train.
WORD FROM THE CORONER.
CHICAGO, Oct. II. A. M--The following
has just been received by the Associated
Press from Huntington, Ind, signed by
| Coroner A. p. Leatherman: II cannot as
| yet give the names of the killed. There
We're eight adults and one child killed. Two
wounded are at KOut now. | know moth
| ing of any others wounded" "